SPEAKING OF KANSAS
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HE'S NOT TRYING TO LASSO THE HOUNDS-HE'S
"SLIPPING" THEM IN A RACE
From all over the Nation hundreds of greyhounds come each year to race at Abilene in the
National Coursing Association's meets. Fleet-footed jack rabbits are chased by dogs in these races,
and "slipping" or releasing the hounds calls for skill and experience (page 167).
Photograph by J. W. McManigal
TURKEY! ROAST TURKEY, COLD TURKEY, TURKEY HASH, TURKEY SOUP-EVERY
AMERICAN FAMILY KNOWS THAT GASTRONOMIC CYCLE!
These White Hollands, near Denison, are part of a flock of about a thousand birds. They
like grasshoppers; during the last plague, farmers hired turkey raisers to drive their flocks through
hopper-infested fields, to help fight the pest.